Hey, Governor: Leave Our Funds Alone
[SARN Memo for June 18, 2009]
We can use music to build self-advocacy. Self-Advocates Minnesota (SAM) wrote a song to send a message to the Governor. It has new words for the song “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” by Pink Floyd. Try using it in your state. Details are below.
Respond to this memo!1. Lyrics
The tune is “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” by Pink Floyd.
We don’t need no legislation.
We don’t need no drastic cuts,
No deep reductions in our programs.
Legislators, leave ’em alone.
Hey, Governor: Leave our funds alone.
All in all, your safety net is nothing at all.
All in all, your laws are not breaking our fall.
2. Group Activity: Singing Out in Public
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Find someone who knows this tune. Then make some posters with the words. Practice all together. Throw in some movement—a lot of air guitar and attitude. And guess what? You’re speaking out in a powerful way! Go find a place to do it. | ||
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3. Write Your Own Song
Send us a song your group has written. We’ll post it.
4. Resource
Music for Social Change
Here are some more thoughts for how to use music. Once a year, ACT in St. Paul Minnesota hosts a big self-advocacy sing-a-long. They sing songs about civil rights and people working together. Then they write songs about participants’ lives and self-advocate issues. It’s a blast! And they have a growing songbook of great new songs.
Today’s Trivia Question:
True or false: Father’s Day first became a national holiday in the U.S. in 1966.
(The answer will be published in the next Memo.)
Answer to June 10th Trivia Question: False. D-Day was June 6, 1944, when U.S. and Allied forces invaded the shores of German-occupied France during World War II.
Question was: True or false: The term “D-Day” refers to “Disability Day”—the day Americans celebrate the signing of the Americans with Disability Act.
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